U.S. and Israeli officials have declared that a nuclear-armed Iran is a terrifying prospect, even an existential threat. In fact, it is Israel's nuclear arsenal, not Iran's desire for one, that has contributed most to the current crisis. Read more in the new issue of Foreign Affairs »

Making tangible progress on Syria will require patience on the part of the Obama administration, and the stomach to grant Putin the outsized diplomatic role he craves as mediator. Read more on The Internationalist »

The Rio+20 conference on sustainable development is unlikely to deliver sweeping international environmental mandates, but the summit could start a new process and open opportunities for stakeholders. Read the interview »

Success in Rio will be defined less by the stature of official delegations or nonbinding aspirations, and more by the state governors and mayors of major cities making commitments to green infrastructure investments and real mechanisms to reduce emissions. Read the op-ed »

The Egyptian military's constitutional decree indicates that when the interests of the officers dictate, they are more than capable of using coercion, prestige, and their own sense of national duty to undermine legitimate governments and political processes. Read the blog post on From the Potomac to the Euphrates »

As Mexicans move to elect a new president on July 1, whoever wins the keys to the official residence will be tied to the United States in a number of ways: on border security, as trading partners, and as a top energy supplier to its northern neighbor. Read more on Latin America's Moment »

Mexico's president Felipe Calderón is winning the death match against the drug cartels and rebuilding once-corrupt institutions in the process. Whoever wins the next election will need to reform the country's police force. Watch the video on ForeignAffairs.com »

In a major policy shift with potential electoral implications, the Obama administration announced last week that the Department of Homeland Security would no longer seek the deportation of most young illegal immigrants. Read more on Campaign 2012 »

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Views from the Newsroom: Award-winning journalists David E. Sanger and Daniel Klaidman discuss their respective books and assess the Obama administration's national security policies and practices. Watch the Video.